| Changes in cerebrospinal fluid neurochemistry during treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder with clomipramine. | |
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PMID: 7524463 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: This study examined the effect of long-term (mean, 19 months) treatment with clomipramine hydrochloride on cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of several neuropeptides and monoamine metabolites in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder. METHODS: The CSF levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone, vasopressin, somatostatin, and oxytocin and of the monoamine metabolites 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, homovanillic acid, and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol were measured in 17 children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder before and after long-term treatment with clomipramine. RESULTS: Treatment resulted in significant decreases in CSF levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone (mean +/- SD, 175 +/- 32 vs 152 +/- 25 pmol/L, P < .03) and vasopressin (mean +/- SD, 1.30 +/- 0.57 vs 0.86 +/- 0.54 pmol/L, P < .02) and a trend toward a decrease in somatostatin levels (mean +/- SD, 21.3 +/- 8.5 vs 15.3 +/- 9.8 pmol/L, P < .06). Treatment also significantly increased CSF oxytocin levels (mean +/- SD, 6.05 +/- 1.60 vs 6.70 +/- 1.44 pmol/L, P < .01). Significant changes in CSF monoamine metabolite levels with treatment included significant decreases in CSF levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (mean +/- SD, 109 +/- 31 vs 77 +/- 23 pmol/mL, P < .001), CSF homovanillic acid (mean +/- SD, 273 +/- 111 vs 237 +/- 101 pmol/mL, P < .04), and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (mean +/- SD, 42.4 +/- 10.2 vs 36.1 +/- 4.8 pmol/L, P < .02) and a significant increase in the homovanillic acid-5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid ratio (mean +/- SD, 2.44 +/- 0.46 vs 3.42 +/- 0.84, P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS: These neuropeptide results coupled with evidence that central administration of corticotropin-releasing hormone, vasopressin, and somatostatin to laboratory animals increases arousal and acquisition of conditioned behaviors whereas central administration of oxytocin has opposite behavioral effects are consistent with a role for these neuropeptides in the pathophysiologic processes and pharmacologic treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. |
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Authors:
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M Altemus; S E Swedo; H L Leonard; D Richter; D R Rubinow; W Z Potter; J L Rapoport |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Archives of general psychiatry Volume: 51 ISSN: 0003-990X ISO Abbreviation: Arch. Gen. Psychiatry Publication Date: 1994 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1994-10-21 Completed Date: 1994-10-21 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372435 Medline TA: Arch Gen Psychiatry Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 794-803 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Laboratory of Clinical Science, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Md. |
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Adolescent Child Clomipramine / pharmacology, therapeutic use* Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / cerebrospinal fluid*, physiology Female Homovanillic Acid / cerebrospinal fluid Humans Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / cerebrospinal fluid Male Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol / cerebrospinal fluid Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / cerebrospinal fluid*, drug therapy, physiopathology Somatostatin / cerebrospinal fluid*, physiology Treatment Outcome Vasopressins / cerebrospinal fluid*, physiology |
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11000-17-2/Vasopressins; 303-49-1/Clomipramine; 306-08-1/Homovanillic Acid; 51110-01-1/Somatostatin; 534-82-7/Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol; 54-16-0/Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; 9015-71-8/Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone |
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